Made of Sand
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:16:30+00:00Studio Weave has added a timber-framed artist's retreat to a stone cottage in rural Devon.
Little Brownings by Archmongers wins Don’t Move, Improve! 2022
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:26:37+00:00Archmongers' reconfiguration of a 1960s home on the Dulwich Estate has been named London's best new home improvement in this year's Don't Move, Improve! awards.
Manber Jeffries House
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:16:46+00:00James Alder Architects has added a russet extension to a home in north-west London, which has a steeply pitched roof following the outline of a now demolished lean-to.
Hipped House
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:16:56+00:00Oliver Leech Architects has extended an inter-war house in Epsom, Surrey, adding a hipped roof extension covered in custom-made tiles to accentuate the form of the original property.
Shortlist unveiled for Don’t Move, Improve! 2022
Jason Sayer2022-11-22T12:26:53+00:00Fifteen projects are in the running for the NLA award that recognises London’s best home improvements completed within the year.
Cloak House
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:16:58+00:00Threefold Architects has extended and remodelled an Edwardian home in Muswell Hill, north London, adding a contemporary extension behind the restored red brick facade to create a "house of two halves".
Holborn House
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:17:11+00:006a Architects has refurbished and extended a run-down gym in central London to create a new community centre featuring an etched-glass facade by the artist Caragh Thuring.
St George’s Bristol
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:17:26+00:00Patel Taylor’s extension to the Grade II*-listed St George's Bristol concert venue has been named overall winner of the Schüco Excellence Awards 2021.
Fin House
Jessica Mairs2021-08-19T15:07:00+01:00Architect Stephanie Thum-Bonanno has added a stepped brick extension to her east London home, introducing vertical oak fins that frame views out to the garden.
Manchester Jewish Museum
Jessica Mairs2021-08-25T16:39:08+01:00With genuine community engagement embedded in the design process, Citizens Design Bureau has carried out a sensitive refurbishment and extension of Manchester’s Jewish Museum. New Architecture Writers Nyima Murry and Lela Sujani speak to practice director Katy Marks ahead of the opening.
Wooden Annex
Jessica Mairs2022-05-11T12:01:24+01:00Tsuruta Architects has added an entirely timber extension to a 1950s terrace in south London, using a flat-pack of over one thousand wooden parts assembled onsite like a piece of Ikea furniture.
House Recast
Jessica Mairs2021-06-22T18:12:03+01:00Studio Ben Allen's pigmented concrete extension to a Victorian terrace in Haringey has been named the winner of this year's Don't Move Improve! competition.